I was thinking about this during my drive to work today, and the
towercoverage.com thread just reminded me.
Is there a realistic way to do drive testing for fixed wireless?
I've plotted coverage using a 22' subscriber height, and I can't drive
around with a 22' high mast (vehicles and loads have a 13'6" height
limit in NY State). So rather than collecting data as I drive --which
would be relatively painless-- I'd have to stop, deploy a mast, record
coord and reading, un-deploy mast, move to next test point, repeat.
I think I could set a drone to a 22' flight ceiling. I'd still have to
drive the drone to different places because it will only work within
range of the controller.
Or maybe forget about drive testing.....is there a realistic way to
validate your coverage map other than attempting installations and
seeing which ones work?
If you're wondering why, I've been asked by some officials "how do you
validate this coverage projection?" All I've really got is that we
attempt installs and they usually work where they're supposed to.
